Automatic-gun holster.



J. V. M. NOYE.

AUTOMATIC GUN HOLSTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20. 1915.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, n. c.

J. V. M. NOYE.

AUTOMATIC GUN HOLSTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, I915.

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Patented Feb. 29,1916.

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JOSEPH V. M. NOYE, O15 LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

AUTOMATIC-GUN HOLSTER.

Application filed July 20, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH V. M. Norn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic- Gun Holsters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holsters for pistols, revolvers and similar small arms, and more particularly to holsters for automatic guns of this class. Its object is to provide a holster which will securely hold the gun in position so that it cannot shake out or slip out while the wearer is running, scuffiing, etc., but from which the wearer can instantly draw the gun with his hand by a natural movement.

My holster is especially adapted to be carried in a pocket such as the hip pocket and is particularly useful for police officers and other civil ofiicers. The holster for such persons is arranged to be readily attached or detached to the pocket and to rest securely therein in such a manner that it will always be at the same place. The holster may be used, however, by military men and officers attached to a belt or other suitable hanger.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of my holster with a gun in position therein and also shows by dotted lines the first position of the wearers hand in reaching for it, and by dotted lines, the position of the pocket. Fig. 2 is an elevation as from the left of Fig. 1 with the hand omitted but with part of the garment and pocket shown in full lines but broken away to show the device for attaching the holster to the pocket. Fig. 3 is a front elevation similar to Fig. 1 except that the garment and the hand are shown in full lines, the hand being shown in what might be called the second position. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 with the hand in what may be called the third position in the act of drawing the gun from the holster. Fig. 5 is an elevation from the left of Fig. 4:. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a modified construction having a short pocket for the gun muzzle and a small cap for the heel of the butt of the stock. It also shows the manner of attaching to a belt. Fig. 7 is an elevation from the left of Fig. 6.

In the preferred form of my holster shown in Figs. 1 to 5, A represents the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 29,1916.

Serial No. 40,877.

back member or rear wall which is made of relatively stiff material such as heavy leather, or leather reinforced by a metal plate or by a plate of other stiff material. This rear wall is of substantially rectangular shape with rounded corners and is intended to fit loosely in the pocket P of a garment G, usually the hip pocket, in such a way that bottom edge 10 will rest on the bottom of the pocket and the top edge 11 will project a short distance out of the pocket.

The front wall 13 is attached, usually by stitching, to the rear wall and is so shaped or stitched or both that it conforms roughly to the barrel, muzzle, trigger guard and other parts of the gun so that these parts may be inserted in the holster pocket formed thereby with a comfortable fit. This front wall is cut away at 20 to allow the handle or stock C of the gun to project substantially its entire length or a suflicient distance to permit it to be readily grasped by the hand of the wearer. At the same time it is desirable that this cut away part 20 should afi ord some support for the front 30 of the handle or that the part 21 of the holster pocket should fit the muzzle 32 and adjoining portions of the barrel 33 with sufiicient snugness so that the weight of the stock C will not upset the gun or cause it to fall out of position. To the upper part of rear wall A at a point diagonally opposite from the muzzle holding part 21 of the holster pocket, I attach to the top edge a flexible cap preferably made of soft leather. Preferably the rear wall is cut away with a downward, leftward slant at 22 and cap D is fastened along the diagonal line at 22 in a substantially horizontal direction. This cap is formed with a curved wall 4L0 adapted to cover part of the back of the stock of the gun and to extend down to the heel 34 of the butt 35 and should be attached to the top of the rear wall in a substantially horizontal direction. The other portion 41 is of substantially ovoid shape and is attached, preferably by sewing, to the curved wall 40 of the cap so that they form a pocket at their junction into which the heel 34 of the butt 35 of the stock C of the gun can enter.

I prefer to extend down the wall 40 of the flexible cap at 42 in a loose flap to cover the right side of the stock 0 to protect the clothing of the wearer, and to make it easier to slip off the cap when about to draw, and I prefer to extend down a flap 43 of 41 to cover the whole of the butt 35 for the same reasons. This cap D should fit over the butt loosely in order that it may be readily swung to the front to slip over the heel of the butt and to be swung back away there from.

A glance at Fig. 6 will show that in a holster of my construction, the gun is held at the muzzle andfor'e-part of the barrel by the holster pocket and at the heel-of the buttby-my flexible cap. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 5, there is more material used in the cap for the reasons indicated, and the cut away portion '20 of front wall B also supports the gun at the front of the stock.

The operation is as follows :=Whenabout to draw the gun, the wearer carries a hand H down over the pocket P preferably below the stock with the fingers and thumb extended as shown. A natural or easily acquired movement is to feel withthe thumb 55 for the barrel and with "the little finger 51 for the butt as shown in Fig. 1. The hand is then swept upward, asshown in Fig. 8, so that the little finger 51 will engage either a member to or 4C1 or the extensions thereof 42 or 43. The little finger naturally slips upward along the butt or the side of the stock ahead-of the other fingers and :pushes the cap D back over the heel and stock and out of the way as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. While this is being done, the other fingers 50, 52 and 53 are curling under the front 30 of the stock while the thumb 55 slips around the back end 36 ofthe barrel into its proper position at the left of the stock, as shown in Figs. 4: and 5 in which parts of the hand are broken away the better to show the action. In replacing the gun in the holster, the cap is disregarded until the gun is in position, after which the cap may be readily slipped 'over in place by a natural movement of the little finger.

To securely position my holster 'in a pocket in order that the cut away portion 20 of the front wall may be proximate and preferably slightly above the top 27 thereof, I prefer to have the rear wall of such length that its bottom edge will reach and rest on the bottom of the pocket, I then prefer to attach asnap 14 with an opening on the inside of the pocket, in position to naturally receive a snap head 15 preferably attached to the front wall B. The whole holster may thus be put in position or detached with facility and rapidity. Anymeans for so positioning the holster in a pocket as to allow the stock to project may beused. The

In the construction shown in Figs. -6'and 7,

the rear wall K is shown as being, instead relatively short holster pocket which will receive with fair snugness the muzzle and front of the barrel of the gun. At the upper left hand portion ofrear wall K is a short cap '60 which extends over the heelof the butt of the stock with its lower front edge out on a line in plane running diagonally from a point 61 on the upper' edge 63 to a point 62 on the left edge 64:, the

point 61 being preferably a considerable distance farther away from the upper lefth'ain'd corner-of the holster than is the point 62. T lHSCODSlZTHCtlOH 1s quite satisfactory for certain purposes although the gun is not as well protected from dust and from the weather. The holster shown in Figs. 6' or 7 may be provided with loops 73 through which a belt 71 may be passed. With this latter formof holster, it is highly necessary that the back wall should be substantially rigid.

1 claim:

1. An automatic gun holster having a relatively stiff rear wall, a flexible cap attached theretoin a substantially horizontal direction and adapted to slip from the rear overthe heel of the butt of the stock of the gun.

'2. An automatic gun holster having a relatively stiff rear wall, a front'wa'll so attac'hed thereto as to. form a holster pocket for the muzzle of the gun, and a relatively flexible cap attached to the rear wall in a position diagonally opposite from the bottom of the holster pocket and adapted to slipfrom the rear over the heelof the butt of the stock of the gun.

3. An automatic gun holster having a relatively stiff rear wall, a front wall forming *a "holster pocket for the gun attached to the front thereof and cut away to allow 1 the stock'of the gun to project, and a relati-v'elyfiexible cap attached in a substantially horizontal direction to the top of the rear wall and adapted to slip from the rear over the heel'of the butt of the stock of the'gun.

4.- An automatic gun holster having a relatively stiff rear wall, a front wall so at- -5. An automatic gun holster having a V relatively stiff rear wall, a front wall so attached-as to form at thelower right hand part thereof a holster pocket for the muzzle of the gun, and a relatively flexible cap so attached tothe upper left hand corner of 7 "the rear wall that it can he slipped over'the heel of "the butt of the stock of the gun, -t ogether with means on the front wall of the holster for readily attaching the holster to a pocket.

6. An automatic gun holster having a relatively stiff rear wall and a flexible cap so attached thereto as to swing to the front and slip over the heel of the butt of the stock of the gun and to swing back away therefrom.

7. An automatic gun holster having a flexible cap adapted to slip from the rear over the butt of the gun.

8. An automatic gun holster having a relatively stiff rear wall, a front wall forming a holster pocket for the gun attached to the front of the rear Wall and cut away to allow the stock of the gun to project, and a relatively flexible cap attached in a substantially horizontal direction to the top of the rear wall having a butt flap and a side flap and adapted to slip over the heel of the butt of the stock of the gun.

9. An automatic gun holster having a relatively stiff rear wall, a front wall forming a holster pocket for the gun attached to the front thereof and cut away to allow the stock of the gun to project, and a relatively flexible cap attached in a substantially horizontal direction to the top of the rear wall having a butt flap and a side flap and adapted to slip over the heel of the butt of the stock of the gun, together with means for so positioning the holster in a pocket as to allow the stock of the gun to project.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my signature.

JOSEPH V. M. NOYE;

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